Social Networks

Facebook has fixed a couple of vulnerabilities that could have been exploited by attackers to hijack accounts by abusing integration with the Oculus virtual reality headset.
In March 2014, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced the acquisition of Oculus...

The INSCOM (U.S. Army Intelligence & Security Command) is working on a software that could be used to monitor social media and influence the sentiment on specific topics.
We have a long discussed the possible use of social media for both intelligence...

A new Facebook security feature protects users from identity theft, the tech giant is taking note of every email it has “recently” sent to its users.
Facebook has rolled out a new security feature to protect users from identity theft, the tech giant...

The official Twitter account of popular cyber security expert John McAfee was hacked today, hackers used it to promote alternative cryptocurrencies.
The official Twitter account of legendary security expert John McAfee was hacked today, attackers...

Facebook’s is rolling out a new feature for its photo tagging mechanism, it now looks for users in photos they’re not tagged in.
Facebook is rolling out a new feature for its photo tagging mechanism that will now scan newly uploaded photos and alert...

The Iran-based security researcher Pouya Darabi discovered a method to delete any photo from Facebook exploiting a flaw in the polling feature.
The Iran-based security researcher Pouya Darabi received a $10,000 bounty from Facebook after reporting a...

Three AWS S3 buckets containing dozen of terabytes resulting from surveillance on US social media were left wide open online.
It has happened again, other three AWS S3 buckets containing dozen of terabytes resulting from surveillance on US social media...

Over the weekend, two German Twitter users successfully bypassed the existing character limit by exploiting a Twitter bug and sending a 30,396-character tweet.
Two German Twitter users, Timrasett and HackneyYT, were able to bypass the 280-character...

Researchers spotted a new Facebook scam that could deceive also tech-savvy people and trick them into giving the attacker access to their Facebook accounts.
Don't trust message apparently sent from any of your Facebook Friends asking for urgent help...